MJ should have been in Copenhagen — David was made to be

Michael Jordan is busy. He’s building a house in Florida that will have an elevator and 11 bedrooms. It will cost about $8 million, which is just a few more underwear shoots with Charlie Sheen.

Jordan’s Bobcats are also in training camp, and then there’s the Bryon Russell challenge. Jordan needs time to decide if it’s worth getting in shape to settle another score.

So while Pres. Obama found time to fly to Copenhagen, Jordan couldn’t, even though he seemed to be the perfect one to sell Chicago. He played there, after all, and he won six rings. That should impress those who decide which city gets the Olympic five.

Instead, another from the Hall of Fame induction last month showed.

As it was in Springfield, David Robinson looked good in comparison.

No American basketball player has played in more international competition for his country, but that’s not why Robinson was invited. It’s his reputation that makes him a goodwill ambassador, and Michelle Obama summed that up in a speech to 300 people in Copenhagen.

“We understand that sports save lives,” she said, “that it makes dreams come true, that it creates visions in kids’ heads that they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama.”

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According to the Chicago Tribune, when Robinson first introduced himself to the first lady in Copenhagen, she said, “I tell people we are related.”

Why? Remember, her maiden name is Robinson.

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A reporter asked Pele about Jordan being absent from Chicago’s delegation. Pele sidestepped saying anything specifically about Jordan, but he also said he felt a national duty to represent Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic bid.

“If I have to die for my country,” Pele said, “I would die for my country.”